Magdalena, New Mexico — Last year Magdalena’s bustling arts scene welcomed Little Maggie’s Mercantile as the community's newest art, crafts, gifts and collectibles boutique. Located at 1006 Highway 60, across from Trail’s End Market, Little Maggie's beautifully restored adobe building provides a warm, attractive backdrop for a variety of art, fine crafts, home décor, jewelry, and other treasures from artisans both local and far away. Proprietors Anna and Antonio Sanchez invite you to drop in at their pleasant arts and crafts boutique to browse and visit for awhile. You'll find they're very friendly and their shop is a place you won't soon forget.
Among the local artists featured is Magdalena fiber artist S. Gail Miller who offers a nice selection of handcrafted clothing items and accessories. Kelly Barnitz, Linda Middleton, and Anna Sanchez offer handmade quilts to brightening up corners of your home. Anna Sanchez also displays her handmade gemstone and sterling silver jewelry that make perfect gifts for yourself, your mom, or a special friend. Take home a stunning summerscape created by Jeanie Cooper, a Magdalena resident who gathers and dries native wildflowers and grasses to arrange behind vintage windows from old houses in town. Other area artists displaying their work at Little Maggie’s include Geraldo Kirwin, whose interactional bronze sculptures capture the essence of New Mexican people and their lives, and Natasha Isenhour, a Socorro artist whose expressionist and contemporary landscapes have captured attention far beyond our region.
You’ll also find expertly matted and framed prints of several artists’ works, including the new “Anatomy Awake” series of oil paintings by Sacramento native Deborah Finn-Romero. Based on true human anatomy, these vibrant, Latin American inspired images “help create an appreciation of the nature of humans and remind us that we are all created in God’s image(ination),” Romero says. Natasha Isenhour, well-known Socorro nature artist Skeeter Leard, and others offer cards that will brighten up any recipient’s day and can even be framed for a small but eye-catching piece of art.
Little Maggie’s Mercantile also offers colorful hand-woven rugs, pottery, tinwork, ceramics, and wood carvings from around the world. We feature an exciting collection of whimsical, signed Oaxacan wood carvings, from diminutive jackrabbits to a robust fire-breathing dragon, all with exquisite detail in both form and color. Brighten up your home with hand-woven pillow covers and rugs, large and small, from Oaxaca and other regions of Mexico, or surprise friends and family with striking Mata Ortiz pottery or the hand-painted seed pots and other treasures from Acoma potter Faye Sarracino.
You're sure to find Little Maggie's a fun place to shop and if you're like us, you'll leave with a nice selection of hand made gifts for Mothers Day, Fathers Day and a special family birthday or two as well. But even if buy nothing at all and just drop in to see what they offer, you're likely to go back later. There just aren't many places in or near Magdalena with a wider selection of art, crafts and fine hand-made items than Little Maggie's.
While you're there, please mention that you heard about them in Steppin' Out. That's sure to make their day! :)
Magdalena, New Mexico — Last year Magdalena’s bustling arts scene welcomed Little Maggie’s Mercantile as the community's newest art, crafts, gifts and collectibles boutique. Located at 1006 Highway 60, across from Trail’s End Market, Little Maggie's beautifully restored adobe building provides a warm, attractive backdrop for a variety of art, fine crafts, home décor, jewelry, and other treasures from artisans both local and far away. Proprietors Anna and Antonio Sanchez invite you to drop in at their pleasant arts and crafts boutique to browse and visit for awhile. You'll find they're very friendly and their shop is a place you won't soon forget.
Among the local artists featured is Magdalena fiber artist S. Gail Miller who offers a nice selection of handcrafted clothing items and accessories. Kelly Barnitz, Linda Middleton, and Anna Sanchez offer handmade quilts to brightening up corners of your home. Anna Sanchez also displays her handmade gemstone and sterling silver jewelry that make perfect gifts for yourself, your mom, or a special friend. Take home a stunning summerscape created by Jeanie Cooper, a Magdalena resident who gathers and dries native wildflowers and grasses to arrange behind vintage windows from old houses in town. Other area artists displaying their work at Little Maggie’s include Geraldo Kirwin, whose interactional bronze sculptures capture the essence of New Mexican people and their lives, and Natasha Isenhour, a Socorro artist whose expressionist and contemporary landscapes have captured attention far beyond our region.
You’ll also find expertly matted and framed prints of several artists’ works, including the new “Anatomy Awake” series of oil paintings by Sacramento native Deborah Finn-Romero. Based on true human anatomy, these vibrant, Latin American inspired images “help create an appreciation of the nature of humans and remind us that we are all created in God’s image(ination),” Romero says. Natasha Isenhour, well-known Socorro nature artist Skeeter Leard, and others offer cards that will brighten up any recipient’s day and can even be framed for a small but eye-catching piece of art.
Little Maggie’s Mercantile also offers colorful hand-woven rugs, pottery, tinwork, ceramics, and wood carvings from around the world. We feature an exciting collection of whimsical, signed Oaxacan wood carvings, from diminutive jackrabbits to a robust fire-breathing dragon, all with exquisite detail in both form and color. Brighten up your home with hand-woven pillow covers and rugs, large and small, from Oaxaca and other regions of Mexico, or surprise friends and family with striking Mata Ortiz pottery or the hand-painted seed pots and other treasures from Acoma potter Faye Sarracino.
You're sure to find Little Maggie's a fun place to shop and if you're like us, you'll leave with a nice selection of hand made gifts for Mothers Day, Fathers Day and a special family birthday or two as well. But even if buy nothing at all and just drop in to see what they offer, you're likely to go back later. There just aren't many places in or near Magdalena with a wider selection of art, crafts and fine hand-made items than Little Maggie's.
While you're there, please mention that you heard about them in Steppin' Out. That's sure to make their day! :)
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